With the third issue of Edison Rex hitting the stands two weeks ago, it’s pretty clear that we allowed convention prep and coverage to get in the way of our running commentary on the title, written by Monkeybrain co-publisher Chris Roberson and one of the company’s critically-acclaimed launch titles. This...
Veteran comics artist Dennis Calero, the name behind projects like X-Factor and X-Men Noir for Marvel, is drawing a new horror webcomic, published exclusively at best-selling author Stephen King’s personal website. The series, titled The Little Green God of Agony, went live on October 15 and will update thrice weekly–on...
At the Valiant panel earlier today, the publishers mentioned that while there was nothing in place yet, they anticipated being able to make another major announcement at New York Comic Con this weekend. It didn’t take long–Deadline is already reporting that a Shadowman film is in development. The book, which is...
Marvel’s first panel of Friday was set to cover their upcoming social media and digital strategies. Arune Singh, Marvel’s Director of Communications, moderated the panel with Mark Waid, Matt Kindt, Senior VP of Sales David Gabriel, Director of Product Strategy Kristen Vincent, Executive Editorial Director of Digital Ryan “Agent M”...
On Thursday at New York Comic Con, there weren’t a great many panels and announcements made by Marvel and DC, opening up the floor somewhat to the rest of the comics industry to have a little room to breathe that they won’t be likely to get on Friday and Saturday....
Sony will shut down operations on their PSP digital comics storefront effective October 30, with fans no longer able to access their purchased content by the end of January 2013. According to an announcement from Sony (seen at right), October 30 will be the last day that fans can buy...
ComiXology announced this morning that they have entered into a partnership with Th3rd World Studios to adapt Cassandra Clare’s best-selling The Mortal Instruments trilogy into graphic novel form. ComiXology will publish the series of books as digital-exclusive publications. Mike Raicht, the comics writer best known for work on his creator-owned series...
Barnes & Noble, who have until now stayed away from selling music and video online or for their e-reader devices, announced a pair of new Nook devices today which will reportedly support a video store. The Nook HD and Nook HD+ will range in price from $199 to $269 and...
Mike Grell, who spoke with ComicBook.com earlier this week about his creation, Eddie Fyres, will provide art on the first chapter of a new digital comic based on the CW series Arrow, according to his website. The series will launch October 10 and is set to be written by Arrow...
Blackburn Burrow, a free digital comic, launched today through Amazon Studios, the original content arm of online retail giant Amazon. While obviously there are plenty of comics available through Amazon, this is the first original one commissioned by Amazon Studios. “Blackburn Burrow, a story set in Civil War America where...
A new Kindle tablet is apparently coming from Amazon, just about a year after the announcement of the popular Kindle Fire. How do we know? Well, Amazon has an announcement planned for later today, but they already included shots of the device in a television ad last night. Around halfway...
Marvel Comics and ComiXology today released a joint statement that finally gives the fans one of the things they’ve asked for most frequently from the Marvel Comics App: ComiXology syncing for purchases. While the Marvel-branded app has been powered by ComiXology’s sytem since it rolled out, until now anything you...
Marvel Comics and ComiXology announced earlier today that Marvel’s digital editions of their English language, single-issue monthly comic book periodicals will henceforth be distributed exclusively through ComiXology. Following the recent departure of GraphicLy, ComiXology’s largest competitor, from the monthly comics market, it’s not a surprising move. “As the industry leader,...
Updated at May 4, 2012 at 8:11 p.m. with more details from 215 Ink Last night, Bleeding Cool reported that 215 Ink, the publishers behind Blue Moth and Jesus Hates Zombies, would be bringing a little something unexpected to the Baltimore Comic Con on September 8-9: a branded Android tablet....
Top Cow’s Free Comic Book Day offering this year is Witchblade: Missing Pieces, which picks up where the character left off at the end of Artifacts #12 and before her series was reconfigured under new writer Tim Seeley back in January. The release is well-timed, as Seeley’s first arc of...
